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HASP LOCK.

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HASP LOCK (.No Model.)

No, 542,518. Patented July 9, 1895.

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No. 542,518. Patented July 9,1895.

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ANDREW CASHIN, OF HANDSVORTH, ENGLAND.

HAS P-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,518, dated July 9,1895.

Application filed August 21, 1894. Serial No. 520,873- (N model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be 'it known that I, ANDREW CASHIN, a subject of Her Majesty the Queenof Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Handsworth, in the county ofStafford, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Lockfor Use with All Kinds of Hasps or Clasps, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention consists of the herein-described improved lock forsecuring any kind of hasp or clasp.

My said improved lock is hinged to the staple-plate or other plate withwhich the outer end of the hasp or clasp engages and thus cannot bedetached,but is always ready for use and is not liable to be lost, as isa padlock.

My invention is applicable for use with all kinds of hasps orclasps ofso-called Scarborough trunks and other trunks, boxes, baskets, andcases, portfolios, portmanteaus, and for other like uses.

On the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are general views of myimproved lock in use with a hasp 0r clasp, Fig. 1 showing the locklocked and securing the hasp or clasp, and Fig. 2 showing the said lockunlocked and opened. Fig. 3 shows thesame lock and hasp with a portionof a door and door-post to which the lock and hasp are respectivelyfixed, the hasp in this case being shown thrown back, so that the doorcan be opened. Fig. 4 shows, on an enlarged scale, the same lock andhasp, but with the lock-case partly in section, so as to show theinternal mechanism. Fig. 5 shows a portion of the mechanism of the saidlock, and Fig. 6 shows another form of hasp with which my invention canbe used. Fig. 7 illustrates another form of my improved lock constructedmore particularly for securing the hasp of a trunk or box. Fig.8 showsthe said lock, Fig. 7, unlocked and the hasp lifted ready to open thebox. Fig. 9 represents the lock and hasp shown by Fig. 8, the loek-casebeing shown in section and locked onto the hasp securing the lid of thetrunk or box, and Figs. 10 and 11 show separate parts of the internalmechanism of the lock illustrated in Figs 7,8, and 9. Fig. 12 shows aslightly-modified form of my invention.

The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding partsin all the figures of the drawings.

This lock-case A concase A. The lock-case A is, at the back and at oneside, hinged at cl to the front of the. staple-plate E, this latterbeing by preference of the same shape and size as the lock-case A. Fixedto or formed with the front of the staple-plate E is a staple orloop e,which, in the example of my invention shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 andby Figs. 7, 8, and 9, will pass through the holef in the hasp or claspF, and when the lock is locked this staple or loop c enters the hole orrecess 0 in the back a of the lock-case A and is engaged by the fore endb'of the bolt B, which, as above described, is, with the bolt-operatingmechanism hereinafter described, contained .within the lockcase A. Thebolt B is actuated by a key inserted in the keyhole a in the front ofthe lock-case A. a

As before stated, Figs. 3 and 8, respectively, show the lock and thehasp or clasp unlocked. To look the haspor clasp F by the lock abovedescribed, the hasp or clasp F is first turned down upon thestaple-plate E, as shown by Fig. 2, so that the loop or staple e passesthrough the holef in the hasp F. The lockcase A is then turned downaboutits hinge cl, so as to lie fiat against the staple-plate E, therebyinclosing the outer end of the hasp or clasp and the staple e, as shownin Figs. 1 and 9.

In the act of turning the lock-case A onto the staple-plate E the stapleE may act upon the inclined fore end I) of the bolt B and force the boltbackward, so that the bolt will shoot forward again and engage with thestaple or loop 6, and thus the lock will be selflocking, or the fore endI) of the bolt B may be made square or otherwise formed, so that thelock will not be self-locking. When the lock-case A is closed downagainst the stapleplate E, as above described, the head 9 of the screws(shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 12) which secure the staple-plate E to thefront of the door or to the door-post or to the front of the trunk orbox or other part are covered by the lock-case A, as shown in Fig. 1,and therefore cannot be tampered with. The ends of the pin d? of thehinge-joint (Z are well riveted over, so that the hinge'pin cannot bedriven out of the joint.

Fig. 6 shows how my improved lock-case (shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4)can be used with one of those hasps or clasps which are screwed onto thedoor-post, arranged so as to fix the door N on the outside, this dooropening inwardly. In this case the hasp F is made with a double joint,the hasp itself being hinged to a link-piece F which is jointed to thefixing-plate F of the hasp. It is to be understood that I make no claimin respect of the hasp or clasp F shown upon my drawings, as I am wellaware that these are of ordinary construction.

It will be evident that the construction of the bolt 13 and the lockingmechanism of the same and the means by which the bit of the key iscaused to operate the bolt B may be arranged in various ways withoutdeparting from the nature of my invention.

I have illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5 a construction of the bolt B andmechanism for operating the same, which I have found to answer well inpractice. This I will now de-. scribe. The boltB is guided by its forepart 1) bearing in the partition a of the lock-case and by the pin it,which is fixed to the back 0. of the lock-case, engaging in the parallelslot 11 of the bolt B, a coiled spring i being provided in the slot b tobear between the pin h and the front end of the slot b and force thebolt B forward for its fore end I) to engage with the staple or loop 6,as stated above. To enable the bit of the key to act upon and force backthe bolt B to unlock the look from the staple or loop 6, I provide theslide J, (shown separately by Fig. 5,) which is guided by the pins kfixed to the back a of the lock-case and engaging respectively in theslotted holes jj of the slide J. This slide J has a shoulderjiwhichengages with a corresponding shoulder 12 on the under side of the bolt13. When the key is inserted in the keyhole a and turned to unlock thebolt B, the bit of the key first raises the ordinary levers Z Z (whichare jointed on 70 and are adapted to engage with the projection 9' ofthe slide J,) and then the bit of the key acts upon the fore endj" ofthe slide J and forces the slide J backwardly, the shoulderj of theslide .J engaging with the shoulder b and moving'the bolt B backwarduntil its fore end b is free of the staple or loop e. Then when the keyis turned back and removed the spring t'causes the bolt 15 and slide Jto move forward and assume their normal position, so that the levers Z Zwill then also assume their normal position (shown in Fig. 4) and thefore end I) of the bolt will be projecting ready to engage with thestaple or loop 6' when the lock-case A is again turned down against thestaple-plate E, as stated above.

The sliding bolt B and the bolt-locking mechanism in the lock shown byFigs. 7, 8, and 9 are practically the same as the bolt B and its lockingmechanism above described with reference to Figs. 2, 3, 4c, and 5,except that, as shown by Figs. 8, 9, l0, and 11, the said parts are madeof slightly different shapes to suit the particular rectangular form ofthe lock-casing. It will be seen, for instance, that the sliding bolt B,Figs. 8, 9, and 10, is moved forward by the spring 0 to engage with thestaple-plate e and is guided in its to-and-fro movement by a backprojecting part b, which engages in a slot 19 in the back 0. of thelock-casin g and by the slot b of the bolt B, engaging with the pin h,which is fixed to the back a The slideJ (shown separately by Fig. 11)has a slot j, engaging with the said pin h, and also a slotj whichengages with the pin 70, so as to be guided thereby to move to and froin a straight line. The bit of the key having lifted the levers Z Z freeof the projection 7' of the slide J, acts against the fore'endj of theslide and forces the slide back, its shoulder j acting against theshoulder b of the sliding bolt B and forcing this back also, so that thefore end I) of the sliding bolt will be disengaged from the loop orstaple e and allow of the lock-casing being turned upon its hinge-jointd of the hasp or clasp F, as shown in Fig. 8, which latter can then beraised,as above described. In the lock shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 andin that shown by Figs. 7, 8, and 9 there is a recess q in that part ofthe lock-casing which comes in contact with the hasp or clasp F, so asto allow of the edge a of the lock-casing fitting all round against thestaple-plate E.

The staple-plate E of the lock shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9 hasscrew-shanks r, formed with it and projecting from the back for thepurpose of fixing the lock to the front of the box, trunk, portmanteau,or other article with which it is used, or this staple-plate E may befixed by separate screws passing through the same or by other means.

In the arrangement of myinvention shown by Fig. 12 the loop 6, withwhich the end I) of the sliding bolt of the lock Aengages, does not passthrough a hole in the outer end of the hasp or clasp F, but is arrangedat one side of the same, thus making the hasp or clasp F rather strongerthan when the holef is made through it. In this case, in order toprevent the hasp or clasp F being wrenched away from the loop 6, thereis another projection 6 formed on the plate E, which may be considered aportion of the loop 6 and between which and the loop e the endf of thehasp or clasp fits, so that when the lock-case A is turned and closeddown upon the stapleplate E the hasp F will be secured, as abovedescribed.

Having now described my invention, What 1 claim as new, and clesiretosecure by Letters and the hasp end and the projecting end of IO Patent,isthe bolt whereby said parts are inolosed.

In combination, the staple plate having a In witness whereof I havehereunto set my loop projecting therefrom withinits marginal hand inpresence of two witnesses. 5 limits, the hasp to engage the loop, thelock case having an inolosed bolt to engage the ANDREW OASI-IIN.. loop,the partition a in the lock case through WVitnesses: which the boltprojects, said partition form- CHARLES BosWoRTH KETLEY,

ing a compartment to receive both the loop HERBERT WHITEHOUSE.

